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    CNS for Later?

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I'm so sorry to hear that imenid! I guess my greatest concern for completing an NP program is that NNPs perform such a different role from what I want to do. They are so highly inpatient,...
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    CNS for Later?

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    Thank you so much for your response, traumaRUS. Those all sound like fabulous opportunities. Honestly, at some point in my career, I'd be interested in many of those roles (depending on what's...
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    Help Quit New Grad ICU Job

    adventure_rn replied to lclapps's topic in General Nursing

    While your situation was ideal, I don't know if it would be realistic for most people. When you reapply, there's a 99% chance that the new hiring manager will reach out to the old hiring manager to...
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    Help Quit New Grad ICU Job

    adventure_rn replied to lclapps's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, this is really what you have control over right now. The first questions are honestly totally financial--do you have a lease on your apartment that you'd be breaking? Are there other hospitals in...
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    Post-Masters NP Challenges?

    adventure_rn posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi all! I'm completely new to this forum, so please bear with me. I've been debating getting my peds or neonatal CNS degree (long story), although my goal in the immediate future is to continue...
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    Resigning from my job

    adventure_rn replied to Pmis's topic in General Nursing

    Do you mean next week as in today (Monday 3/18) or next week as in 3/25? If it's today, definitely try to talk to her ASAP. If it's next week...I might recommend that you email her. Even though she's...
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    Giving up PA school acceptance to pursue ASN?

    adventure_rn replied to ang314's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of great insight. I also wanted to add that you may be more limited in your opportunities to go part-time in a provider role than an RN role. It's fairly easy to find PRN nursing work, but from...
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    Is this crazy?

    adventure_rn replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Like Emergent, I've also been following your threads (especially on the NICU boards). Based on both this post and some of your past posts, I have a couple of random thoughts. I work in a PICU...
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    Medical marijuana

    adventure_rn replied to momofm1998's topic in Advanced Practice

    Both excellent points. Given that it's illegal at the federal level, there isn't any state where it's truly legal. I'd also be concerned about issues related to state-by-state jurisdiction; if you're...
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    Best sedation med

    adventure_rn replied to miamiheatrn's topic in General Specialties

    This is an interesting thread. It's funny to hear that the adult world isn't a fan of precedex; from a peds perspective, we LOVE precedex in my PICU. We have to run boluses over 5-10 mins to prevent...
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    Scrubs that survive thick thighs

    adventure_rn replied to LPN_WA's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I agree with miikki; Grey's Anatomy are terrible in this department. I switched from Grey's to Healing Hands about a year ago and haven't had any pilling in the thighs (vs. Grey's, which started to...
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    "ASKholes"

    adventure_rn replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Humor

    Congratulations. Hppy wins the internet today. The
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    Living paycheck to paycheck

    adventure_rn replied to Mariah2019's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of great advice so far. Others have alluded to this, but do you have the option to find a different job or relocate? About a year into nursing, I realized that I could be doing the exact same...
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    Talk me through this...ER to NICU just for NNP opportunity?

    adventure_rn replied to Party_of_five's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hmm. NICU has a very, very different flow from ED. ED is great for people who get bored easily because no two shifts are the same, and you never know what you're going to get. NICU has much more of a...
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    Lots of NICU's losing their designation and turning MANY level III NICU's into Level II's

    adventure_rn replied to nurse1432's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I know I'm a little late to the party but...is it possible that your unit was really only accepting Level II-ish kids to begin with? The point of the Level III/IV requirement is to ensure that you're...
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    Honesty on resume, now no job.

    adventure_rn replied to gumbi_12's topic in Nursing Career

    The only concern I'd have about an LTACH or SNF position is that it could be very fast-paced and high-stress in it's own way, simply because you have dozens of patients you're responsible for. The...
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    HELP!!!!! PANICKING! Career change??

    adventure_rn replied to rn9687's topic in Nursing Career

    Several great points. I just want to add that many hospitals have a probation period for the first 90-120 days where you can be fired at a moment's notice with no explanation necessary. If you even...
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    No More TB Tests?

    adventure_rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    My hospital, a large well-renowned research institution, recently announced that clinical staff wouldn't have to do routine annual TB tests anymore. It is still required for new staff, and we will...
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    No More TB Tests?

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Whaaat? I'm so surprised to hear how many hospitals don't routinely test. It's pretty amazing how widely policies and practices can vary from facility to facility. All of the rhetoric for performing...
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    Destined to Be a Flight Nurse

    adventure_rn replied to skorupar's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Lots of great advice! I think that this is interesting advice, with a related note to add. I've known a handful of people who entered the NICU set on becoming flight nurses. When they approached ICU...
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    What is most important to chart on?

    adventure_rn replied to Red_Diamond's topic in General Nursing

    Why count them? Everybody knows that they're always documented as 18
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    What is most important to chart on?

    adventure_rn replied to Red_Diamond's topic in General Nursing

    It depends so much on the situation and patient. At minimum, you should always chart per your unit's policies (i.e. how many assessments and vitals you need to do per shift). That way, if you're ever...
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    adventure_rn replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I so agree. This whole story reminds me so much of the nurse at Seattle Children's who committed suicide after a med error killed a baby (she accidentally gave 10 times the dose of calcium chloride)....
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    Population and Turnover in the CTICU

    adventure_rn posted a topic in Critical Care

    Out of curiosity, I'm wondering what the patient population and length of stay usually look like in the adult CTICU/CVICU. I've shadowed in a surgical CTICU, and it sounded like most patients were...
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    Why do RN injuries keep happening?

    adventure_rn replied to GeoffPT's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Adequate staffing? Equipment and in-services are all fine and good, but if every nurse is swamped with too many patients, there isn't time to track down and utilize complicated equipment or find...